Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for smart contract management using DTCs
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Application No.: US16990565Application Date: 2020-08-11
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Publication No.: US11580790B2Publication Date: 2023-02-14
- Inventor: Abraham Mezaael , Yamen Taleb , Wassim Mahmoud Nahle
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman, P.C.
- Agent Joseph Zane
- Main IPC: G07C5/00
- IPC: G07C5/00 ; G07C5/08 ; G06Q40/08

Abstract:
A vehicle system may include a memory of a vehicle configured to maintain at least one smart contract between a manufacturer of the vehicle and a supplier of components to the manufacturer, and a processor of the vehicle configured to receive at least one diagnostic code from the vehicle, the diagnostic code being associated with at least one vehicle component, in response to the code being identified by the processor as being associated with the at least one smart contract, update the at least one smart contract within the memory with the code, and transmit the smart contract, as updated, to a third party associated with the vehicle component.
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